Book Collections to Celebrate Heritage, History Months, & Holidays All Year Long!

By Jennifer Rubins | January 28 2025 | Marketing MaterialsEvents

Keep displays and collections up to date, be ready to recommend the latest timely, topical titles, and enjoy celebrating holidays, heritage months, and more throughout the year at your library! Check out these annual title collections from Penguin Random House and be sure to follow us @prhlibrary!

January

Lunar New Year
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
 

February

Black History Month
Celebrate Black Voices and Stories in Fiction and Poetry
Celebrate Black Voices and Stories in Nonfiction
Amplify Black Voices on Audio (Adult Audiobooks)
Celebrate Black Joy with Audiobooks (Kids’ Audiobooks)
 

March

Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s Voices in Fiction
Celebrate Women’s Voices in Nonfiction
 

April

National Library Week
Bookish Books: Books About Books and Libraries

Arab American Heritage Month
Celebrate Arab and Arab American Voices
Audiobooks to Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month (All Ages)
 

May

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Voices
Celebrate AANHPI Voices on Audio (Adult Audiobooks)
Kids’ Audiobooks to Celebrate AANHPI Month

Jewish American Heritage Month
Celebrate Jewish American Voices
Audiobooks to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month (Adult Audiobooks)
Kids’ Audiobooks to Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month
 
Celebrate Graduates

June

Pride Month
LGBTQ+ Pride Month Books
Listen Proud! Adult Audiobooks Celebrating Pride and the LGBTQ+ Community
Listen Proud! Kids’ Audiobooks Celebrating Pride and the LGBTQ+ Community

Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Audiobook Month

Immigrant Heritage Month

Juneteenth
 

July

Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month (Fiction titles)
Disability Pride Month (Nonfiction titles)
 

August

 

September

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15)
Celebrate Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month
Latin and Hispanic Voices and Stories on Audio (Adult Audio)
Children’s & YA Audiobooks that Celebrate Latin and Hispanic Heritage
 

October

Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025
Banned & Challenged Books
Listen to Banned Books (Audio)

National Bullying Prevention Month

 

November

Thanksgiving
 

December

Christmas
Chanukah
Kwanzaa